Cross-country Move : Dodgers Star Entice by…
The Los Angeles Dodgers have a lot of choices to make after winning their second World Series title since 1988.
Los Angeles won’t be able to bring the entire roster back in 2025. The Dodgers certainly will be looking to add this winter, but that also could mean that the team may lose a few players. One who is worth watching this winter is star hurler Jack Flaherty.
He had a breakout campaign and was picked up by the Dodgers ahead of the trade deadline this winter. Los Angeles needed pitching help, and Flaherty provided it and was steady throughout the postseason as well.
Flaherty is projected to get a $60 million deal this winter and has made it known that he would like to return. That may not be a reality, though. CBS Sports’ R.J. Anderson put together a list of the top free agents with possible landing spots and linked Flaherty to the New York Mets.
“The short hook: Resurgent righty will blow away last winter’s pillow contract,” Anderson said. “This time a year ago, Flaherty was coming off a putrid stint with the Orioles that saw him relegated to the bullpen for Baltimore’s brief postseason run. His topline results were disappointing, and his underlying measures didn’t offer much hope. The one-year pact he signed with the Tigers seemed like a proverbial fork in the road: either he was going to redeem himself, or he was going to spend the next few years hopping around the league on similar deals until interest completely dried up.
“Flaherty did the former, fixing his fastball axis and (perhaps relatedly) mothballing his cutter in favor of a three-pitch mix. He didn’t perform quite as well after a midseason trade to the Dodgers, but he’s on the right side of 30, and there’s more than enough here to envision him serving as a middle-of-the-rotation starter for a few years more. In other words, don’t expect him to settle for another one-year arrangement this offseason. Potential landing spots: Dodgers, (New York Mets), (Los Angeles Angels).”
New York has more money to spend than any other team. Could the Mets look to land Flaherty to add a dynamic arm to their rotation to pair with Kodai Senga?
